A Tuba to Cuba: The Preservation Hall Jazz Band With Yusa and Special Guests

When Allan Jaffe and his wife Sandra moved from Pennsylvania to New Orleans in the early ’60s, they didn’t initially come for the music. But they ended up staying for the music after they took over a small, dingy art gallery in the French Quarter and turned it into Preservation Hall, a 100-seat concert venue that became the home of many a New Orleans-style jazz jam session and yielded the touring band, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. The venue is still a hot spot in the city known for live music and the band is still a hot act. Ben Jaffe, son of the late Allan Jaffe, currently leads the group that comes to town tonight in support of the documentary film, A Tuba to Cuba. The film follows the group as it retraces its musical roots from New Orleans to Cuba. (Niesel)